Microgrid system incorporates onsite photo voltaic and battery power storage to maintain clear water flowing throughout grid outages
Clever energy administration firm Eaton at present introduced it was awarded a contract to assist AEP Ohio improve the resilience and sustainability of important water infrastructure in Columbus on the Tussing Water Booster Station. The undertaking will set up town’s first renewable power microgrid and prolong Columbus’ potential to ship protected and clear water throughout prolonged electrical grid outages. The microgrid undertaking is totally commissioned and anticipated to be energized in Q1 2023.
“We’re proud to assist AEP Ohio and the Metropolis of Columbus attain a serious milestone of their journey to construct a extra equitable, resilient and sustainable future,” mentioned Igor Stamenkovic, vp and normal supervisor for Eaton’s Electrical Engineering Providers & Programs division. “This microgrid undertaking is a vital precedent that demonstrates how climate-friendly applied sciences may be utilized to modernize important infrastructure whereas enhancing folks’s lives, the surroundings and the underside line.”
Partially funded by means of AEP Ohio’s Sensible Metropolis program, the undertaking exhibits how microgrids can ship extra inexpensive, sustainable and resilient power for important infrastructure. The microgrid additionally helps the Metropolis of Columbus Local weather Motion Plan to cut back emissions by 45% and implement 5 microgrid pilot tasks by 2030 to assist obtain carbon neutrality by 2050.
“Local weather change is already impacting high quality of life in central Ohio, and the challenges stemming from its very existence will solely proceed to develop extra frequent and extra frequent within the years forward,” mentioned Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “We have now an obligation to strengthen the resiliency of our infrastructure and to satisfy these challenges head on. I’m happy with the methods by which the Metropolis of Columbus is main by instance and embracing revolutionary options to make sure an equitable and affluent future for each resident.”
In response to the US Environmental Safety Company (EPA), as a lot as 40% of working prices for consuming water methods may be for power. The brand new microgrid on the Tussing Water Booster Station incorporates 100-kilowatts (kW) of onsite photo voltaic technology, 440-kilowatt hours (kWh) battery power storage and Eaton’s clever microgrid controls to assist offset power prices and guarantee residents obtain protected consuming water. The microgrid system allows town’s water tower to proceed to function in “island” mode throughout a grid outage to maintain the water flowing. It should additionally assist AEP Ohio help sustainable demand response and steadiness the grid by means of clever voltage regulation.
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